FAQ:

Why?:

The official docker python image is too big (900 MB), the smallest python docker images run at several hundred MBs. The reason for that is that a typical Ubuntu base image is more than 200MB in size plus ~100Mb for a basic python installation.

When is this useful?:

You have a small pure python script that you want to test/run in an isolated docker container.

Which python version is installed in the container?:

2.7.2

What are the drawbacks?:

Please refer to StaticPython's main page. Esentially: no dependencies, no .so files, and no GUI.